The days just roll into each other when you’re having a good time, totally relaxed. I need to check the newspaper each morning to know what day it is.
The weather has cooled down, making the beach visits shorter than they were and the lunches longer.
Life doesn’t get much better.
The first day of our Mandurah holiday was all we expected: balmy weather, great beaches and lots of fun.
Juliet and I plan to dine out plenty of times, and generally for lunch, so we don’t leave the kids alone at night. Today was a family outing though.
The Sunday traffic was crazy and it took nearly [...]
Western Australia is a BIG state, bigger than Texas, and that’s a fact. If you travel 300km from Melbourne you will either be across the state border or closer to one than you are to the capital in most cases.
Drive 300km in WA and you’ve hardly gone anywhere.
We travelled more than 1200km today getting from [...]
It’s a good idea to avoid the highways during holidays, but not always possible.
As our kids get older we inevitably plan to take holidays at the same time they do. That involves facing heavy traffic on the roads.
My tips for avoiding traffic stress are:
1) Leave early. Hit the road before 7am.
2) Share the driving. Swap [...]
Christmas exists for a reason. Whether you subscribe to the theory it’s a pagan feast transformed to Christianity, or believe it is the birth of the Messiah, it has a meaning.
Australia has a public holiday for Christmas Day and most Australians are Christian. So why are our public schools averse to celebrating Christmas?
Not only do [...]
We’ve just returned from six days at Esperance. Young Michael and I took the wildlife cruise on the Seabreeze II (pictured) to Woody Island and stayed overnight on the island in a safari hut.
This was a large, canvas tent with a timber floor, furnished with comfortable beds. There are shared amenities, including a camp kitchen [...]
We have just returned from a week at Esperance. The weather was great and we made it to the beach on four days. The water was cold but the sun was warm and there wasn’t much wind.
The highlight for Michael and I was going out on the Seabreeze (pictured) to Woody Island. The cruise takes [...]
Like the title of The Seekers’ song our holiday has come to an end. I actually have a few more days before I return to work but they will be filled easily enough with domestic duties.
We returned from Mandurah to Kalgoorlie today, completing the journey in 7.5 hours with only one stop.
We had a great [...]
I’m not very good at taking sunset photos with a digital camera, but this one gives you some idea of how beautiful the coastline is south of Perth, Western Australia.
We’ve been staying at Falcon, near Mandurah. The beaches are great and the sun sets over the Indian Ocean.
I hope to get a better picture tonight [...]
Just a short note because I’m typing this on my mobile while on holiday at Mandurah. Had a surprise 40th birthday with my cousins, having a great time.
